Designing a Rubric
1. Task
The best tasks are interesting activities that reflect your learning goals and require students
to demonstrate their learning. The task description should clearly describe the task and the
expectations for students.
What is your task?
2. Criteria
The criteria are the expected elements that exist within the task. The criteria should be
directly linked to the learning goals.
What are your criteria for the task?
3. Levels of Performance
The levels of performance reflect the varying degrees of quality that might be expected for
the task criteria. Three to five levels for performance are recommended.
How many levels of performance are expected for your task?
What would exemplary performance on this task look like?
Analytic Rubric Template
Criteria
Stated
Objective or
Performance
Quality of Performance
Excellent
4
Description of
identifiable
performance
characteristics
reflecting the
highest level of
performance.
Good
3
Description of
identifiable
performance
characteristics
reflecting mastery
of performance.
Fair
2
Description of
identifiable
performance
characteristics
reflecting
development and
movement toward
mastery of
performance.
Score
Unsatisfactory
1
Description of
identifiable
performance
characteristics
reflecting a
beginning level of
performance.